Tottenham Hotspur teenager Marcus Edwards has been named in the England U19s' preliminary squad for the European Championship this summer.

The 18-year-old attacking midfielder is the only Spurs man in the squad set to head to a training camp in Spain, although Tottenham target Ryan Sessegnon, Fulham's 17-year-old left-back, is also among the names in head coach Keith Downing's squad.

The Young Lions will head to Murcia for six days next week ahead of the finals in Georgia in July. Downing has called up a group of 23 players for the trip, and there will be further training camps back at St. George’s Park before the tournament begins on July 2.

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England's first game comes against Bulgaria in Tblisi on Monday July 3, before they take on the Netherlands three days later. The final group match against Germany is on Sunday July 9 and will be shown live on Eurosport.

Ryan Sessegnon has been heavily linked with Spurs in recent weeks

Edwards, known as 'Mini Messi' around the club's training ground, has dropped out of the first team picture at Spurs in recent months following an ankle injury which slowed his progress after an exciting cameo display in the EFL Cup against Gillingham back in September.

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In the final weeks of the season, despite an injury crisis at Tottenham, Edwards was not been selected among Mauricio Pochettino's substitutes. In the final two Premier League matches at Leicester and Hull, his development squad team-mates Filip Lesniak, 21, and Samuel Shashoua, 18, were both been named ahead of him, the former in both matches and the latter at Leicester.